Photograph-album page



Nov. 12,1929. R. B. BUZZERD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM men Filed Ju1y '28. 19 28 Patented Nov. 12, 1929 ROBERT D. IBUZZEBD, OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

PHOTOGRAPH-ALBUM 1mm Application filed m 2a, 1928. Serial no. mass.

This invention relates to picture collection books and more particularly to pages adapted to carry pictures and intended to be bound together in album or book form.

One object of the invention is to providea collection page which may be sold as a separate article of manufacture so that a person may urchase one or more sheets at a time accor ing to the number of pictures collected 1 at any one time, and these sheets bound in a loose leaf binder.

Another object-of the invention is to so form the pages or sheets that, when a number of them are bound together in 'book oralbum form, they may be firmly-secured but each page allowed to be easily turned.

Another object of the invention is to provide the pages with pockets into which pictures ma be easily inserted where they may 29 be viewe through sight openings but prevent the pictures from being liable to easily slip out of their proper positions after being inserted, eliminating the necessity of using an adhesive upon the picture, as adhesives have a tendencyto discolor,-wrink1e and mar the pictlures and the pages upon which they are hel wherein looking at one face of picturespartially instiif material. ,Facin sheets 2 and 3 are apaces of the body sheet lied to o o'sed sur p pp and lower and front and have their upiper edges terminating body sheet, whereas theirfirear end portions pro ect beyond the rear edge of the body The invention is illustrated in the accomush with the edges of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 2. A-reinforcing strip 4 is disposed between the extended rear end portions of the facing sheets, and by referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the reinforcing strip terminates in spaced relation to the body sheet and between the body sheet and reinforcing strip the facing sheets which are formed of thin paper are pressed together, as shown at 5, and secured by an adhesive.

Therefore, the body is formed with a portion a 6 which may be referred to as a binding portion and through this portion are formed openings 7 to receive fasteners through the medium of which separate pages are to be bound in album form. From an inspection of Fig. 2, it will be readily-seen that, when a number of pages are bound together b fastenors passed through the o enings l the portions 6 will be clamped rmly together )ut the individual pages may be easily turned. It-will be obvious that the facing sheets 2 and 3 may consist of separate sheets of aper or formed from a single sheet folded mtermediate its length about the reinforcing strip 4 and secured together, as'shown at 5, to provide the hinge portion, after which the body sheet will be set in place between the facing sheets. Openings 8 are formed in the facing sheets and between these 0 enings the facing sheets have adhesive app ied so that they may be secured against the body sheet, as shown at 9, and the facin sheets will be ad hered to the body sheet ad acent the rear edge thereof, asshown at 10, but the adhesive ter-. minates in spaced relation to the margins ofthe openings 8 so that, when the photographs 11 are inserted, they will be retained in proper position to be viewed through the'openings 8- and it will not be necessary to paste the photographs or pictures in place. At the front 35 end of the page, a portion of the facing sheets are left unsecured to the body sheet, as shown at. 12, to provide open spaces or entrances through which pictures may be passed into the pockets adjacent the free forward end of the page, and in order to permit pictures to be inserted in the remainin pockets the upper and lower edges of the acing sheets have portions left unsecured to the body sheet, as

5 shown at 13 in Fig. 3 to define openings or passages through which pictures may be inserted. It should be noted, however, that the entrance 13 at one side of the body opens at the lower edge thereof, whereas the entrance at the other side of the body opens at the upper edge. By this arrangement pictures may be very easlly inserted or removed with less likehood of tearing the unsecured ortions of the facing sheets. I have, there ore, provided a picture page having pockets into which pictures may be easily inserted or removed and the pictures will remain in place without being secured by an adhesive.

It will also be noted that the pages may be individually purchased as needed.

Having thus described the invention, 1 claim 1. A picture collection page comprising a.

I body sheet, facing sheets disposed against opposite faces of said body sheet and formed with openings constituting sight openings, the facing sheets being adhesively secured to i the body sheet to define pockets having the .with openings constituting sight openings,

' the facing sheets being adhesively secured to the body sheet to define pockets having the openings communicating therewith and certain portions of the facing sheets being free to permit pictures to be passed into the pockets and displayed through the openings,

pockets and displayed through the openings, and held in place without the use of any adhesive upon the picture, the facing sheets being extended beyond one side edge of the body sheet, and a stiffening stri secured between the extended portions 0 the facing sheets to facilitate binding pages into album form and terminating in spaced relation to the body sheet to permit turning of the pages. In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

' ROBERT B. BUZZERl [L-. 9.]

and held in place Without the use of any adhesive upon the picture, the facing sheets being extended zeyond one side edge of the body sheet, and means carried by the extend ed portions of the facing sheets to stiffen the same and facilitate binding pages into album form.

3. A picture collection page comprising a body sheet, facing sheets disposed against opposite faces of said body, sheet and formed with openings constituting sight openings, the facing sheets being adhesively secured to the body sheet to define pockets having the openings communicating therewith and certain portions of the facing sheets being free to permit pictures to be passed into the 

